Telegraph sending and recording device.



L. C. SHEARER.

TELEGRAPH SENDING A'ND BECOMING DEVICE. APPLICATION H LED Anas. 19.16.

1,230,807. Emma June 19, 1917.

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TELEGRAPH SENDING AND RECORDING DEVICE.

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TELEGRAPH SENDING AND HECORDINGADEVICE.

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TELEGRAPH SENDING AND RECORDING DEVICE.

Application filed August 3, 1916.

T 0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, LEO C. Srrnnnnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Latrobe, in the county of Vtestmoreland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Telegraph Sending and Recording Devices; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates generally to telegraphy, but more particularly to a telegraph sending and recording device.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a mechanism forautomatically making a permanent record of the messages sent out from a telegraph sending station, said mechanism comprising what may be termed an attachment for the sending key of the station.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which will be comparatively simple, strong, durable and inexpensive in construction, eficient and reliable in operation, and well adapted tothe purpose for which it is designed.

With these and numerous other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification, and in which similar reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views: y

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through a device constructed in accordance with this invention, showing it in its normally inoperative position;

Fig. 2 is a transverse ysectional view Fig. 6 is a similar view taken on the plane of the line 6-6 of Fig. 1;

Fig. '7 is a top plan view of the anvil supporting table;

Fig. Y8 is a longitudinal sectional view through the above mentioned table and anvil taken on the plane of the line 8-8 of Fig. 7 g

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 19, 1917.

serial No. 112,969.

Fig. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view through one of the insulating plates carried by the tapping members, showing the manner in which said plate is attached to the latter, and also showing the construction of the movable contacts carried by the same;

Fig. 10 is a similar view of one of the insulating plates carrying the stationary contacts;

Fig. 11 is a central vertical sectional view through the lower ends of the dot and dash punches, showing particularly the manner in which they are connected to their respective tapping members;

Fig. 12 is a similar view through the lower end of the message separating key showing the manner in which the message separating nactuated upon movement of one of the tapping members.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a casing or cabinet, the central portion of the top of which is disposed in a plane below the ends thereof, as clearly shown by Fig. 1 of the drawings. This central portion 2 is designed to have conveniently mounted thereon the tapping keys for actuating the telegraph message sending key and perforating device to be hereinafter fully described. For the purpose of admitting entrance to the casing 1, one side of the same is provided with a door 8, the latter being hinged or fastened in any suitable'manner.

vSecured to the inner sides of the top 4 and bottom 5 of one of the ends of the casing 1 are pairs of transversely extending longitudinally spaced guide bars 6. Disposed between the inner end of the bars 6 is an upright standard 7, the upper and lower ends ofwhichl are arranged in abutting relation to the inner ends of vspacing members S, theV latter being secured in any convenient manner to the top 4 and bottom 5 ot the casing. Resting against they other ends of the spacing members S is an upright standard 9, which may be similar inl construction to the standard 7, and against the upper and lower ends of which Contact or abut the inner ends of spacing members 10, the latter being secured and carried by the upper and lower ends ot still another upright standard 11. By this construction, it may be seen that the standards 9 and 11 and spacing members 1() may be removed from the casing by sliding them transversely ot the same between the bars 6. Extending through alined apertures 12 in the side oi the casing 1 opposite the door 3 and standards 7, 9 and 11, is a horizontal shaft 13, the latter' being rotatably mounted therein and having longitudinally spaced wings or keys 14 extending from one of the sides thereof. Arranged on the shatt 13 are spools 15 having grooves 16 in their central bores, said grooves coacting with the wings 14 to prevent the spools from being loosely mounted on said shaft. A long narrow strip or tape oitl paper is adapted'to bel Wound on these spools 15, the spool nearest the door 3 being an eXtra supply spool, while that mounted on the inner vend of the shaft 13 is the spool from which the tape is supplied to the pertorating mechanism to be hereinafterdescribed.

To 'aid in guidingthe tape on its path to said pertorat'ing me'chanism,the sides et the last mentioned spool and roll of paper thereon are arranged between a pair of circular guard plates 17, the latter being non-rotatably mounted in any suitable manner rwith respect to the shaft 13.

The outer or tree end of the tape 18 is carried beneath rollers 19 arranged at the opposite ends of the table 19, the latter being supported upon suitable legs 2O vtospace it above the'bottom 5 ofthe casing 1 and being arranged beneath the central portion 2 ofthe same. yThe tape`18 is then wound upon the spool 21 mounted upon a. shaft 22 similar to the manner in which the spools 15 are mounted vupon the shaft 13, and this shaft 22 isrotatably mounted in alined openings 23 arranged in uprightI standards 24 'and 25 in 'the other end of the casing 1', the standard 25 having secured at itsupper'and lowerl ends spacing members 26 similarto the spacing member 1Q carried by the aforesaid stan'dardll. This shaft 22 is operatively connected with a means to be hereinafter described for rotating the same, which in turn rotates the spool 21 winds the tape18 onto the latter from the spool 15.-

'Arranged beneatlithe front side of the table 19,'that is, the side acent'the 1door 3,01@ the casing 1, a second table2'7, the latterfbeing'raised from the licor 5 byy suitable legs 28, and having mounted thereon a telegraph message sending key 29, said key 29 being ot the usual construction with the exception of the finger engaging knob which is here shown substituted by a comparatively large tlat plate 30. The key 29 is disposed -relatively alongside the portion of the tape passing over the table 19 as most clearly shown in Fig. 2 ot the drawings. As is usual in keys ot this eharacter,the1novable part of the same is maintained in inoperative position by coiled springs-31. rll-his key 29 is connected by suitable leads 32 to binding posts 33 arranged at the top of the casing at' one end thereof, said binding posts beingin turn connected to the line wires 34 ot the line circuit.` It may be thus seen that whenever the key 29 is operated, the circuit through the line wires 34 will be closed, thereby sending the desired message from the sending Vto the receiving station. As

shown more particularly by Fig. 2 of the drawings, the plate 30 is disposed directly beneath an opening 35 arranged in the table 19 near the i'oiavard ed ge thereof.

Supported in a plane below the central portion 2 ot the top of the casing is a horizontal plate 36, the latter having longitudinally spaced openings therein Aalined with openings 33 arranged in said central portion 2 of said casing, and slidable in the alined openings 37, and 3S are tapping members 39, 40 and 41 tor respectively actuating the key 29, perfor-ating the tape 18, and tor moving the same longitudinally. These tapping members have secured intermediate their ends suitable sleeves 42, the latter having their upper ends resting against the lower side of the central portion'2 of the top of the casing, while their lower ends are arranged contact with the upper ends 'of coiled springs 43, vthe latter surrounding the lower portions oi lthe tapping members 39, 40 and 41 and having their lower ends in engagement with the upper side of the horizontal plate 36. vBy this arrangement,l it may be seen that the tapping members are normally maintained in a raised position. rllhe sleeves 42 are preferably in the 'torni of square shaped blocks, the one carried the member 39 having secured on one of its sides by securing elements 44, an insulating block 46, the latter being provided Iwith metal plates47, the inner ends L18ct which are struck outwardly tor engagement with contacts 49 to be described. These out struck ends 48 of the plates 47 being carried by the movable tapping member 39, are in effect movable contacts, and arranged belowthe same and adapted tor engagement therewith, are stationary contacts 49, the latter being secured to an insulating plate secured by fastening elements 51 tothe horizontal plate 36,. y' As clearly shown by the drawings, the tapping member 4l is larger in diameter CTI than the tapping members 39 and 40, and is hollow, being provided with a centrally exe tending bore 52, the upper end of which is enlarged as at 53. The upper end of the tapping member 41 is open and is provided with a cap 54, while the opposite sides of said member are provided with vertical slots 55 and 56, the slots 55 extending only a short distance below the'upper edge of said member 41, while one of the slots 56 extends to within a short distance of the lower end of' the enlarged portion 53 of the bore. Slidably mounted with the bore 52 and an opening 57 arranged in the cap 54 in alinement with the same is a tapping member' 58, the latter similarto the aforesaid tapping members being provided with a sleeve 59, the outer end of which bears against a pair of rods 60 which are arranged in any suitableA manner transversely of the casing 1, and which extend through the slots 55 and 56 of the tapping member 41, and on opposite sides of the tapping member 58. This construction provides a means for limiting the upward movement of this tapping member 58. The lower end of the sleeve 59 bears against the upper end of a coiled spring 61, the latter surrounding the tapping member 58 and'having its lower end bearing against a shoulder formed at the vjunction of the bore 52 of the tapping member 41 and its enlarged portion 53. Thus it may be seen that the member 58 is normally maintained in its uppermost position. f

Firmly secured to the sides of the member 41 and the sleeve 59 are horizontal arms 62 and 63 respectively, the free ends of which are provided with downwardly extending bars 64 and 65 which are arranged' in vertical alinement with the plate 30 carried by the telegraph key 29, whereby when the respective tapping members are operated, the key will be actuated.

The lower end of the tapping member 58 is provided with an internally threaded socket which receives the externally threaded upper end of a circular punch 71, the latter being termed a dot punch as it perforates the tape 18 with a dot whenever the telegraph code signal sent by the telegraph key is a dot. The lower end of the tapping member 41 is provided with a punch 72 here shown in the form of an open rectangular member having its upper end fixed to said tapping member 41 by suitable securing elements. This punch 72 being what is termed a dash punch, will cut an oblong or rectangular perforation in the tape 18 whenever the dash key or tapping member 41 is operated. This construction is shown more clearly in Fig. 11 of the drawings.

In Fig. 12 of the drawings, the tapping member 40 is provided with a punch 7 3, the

lshaft latter being rectangular in shape and extending transversely with respect to the tape 18. This punch 72 is to be called the message separating punch, and is designed to separate one recorded message on the tape 18 from the adjacent one.

Secured to the top of the casing 1 at its end opposite to that carrying the binding posts 38, are binding posts 74 to which are connected suitable conductors leading from a battery 75 for energizing the local circuit through the electrically operated means for moving the tape 18 longitudinally, as will be hereinafter described. Within the casing 1 and extending from the binding post 74 are conductors 76 leading to the movable contacts 48, one of said conductors 76 be ing connected with a snap switch 77 secured to the top of the casing 1. The stationary contacts 49 are connected with conductors 78 to the terminals of a pair of twin elec` tro-magnets 79.

Disposed above the magnetic cores of the magnets 79 is an armature 86, the latter being pivotally mounted as at 87 at one of its ends, as shown, and having its other end provided with an upstanding portion 88, the free end of which is provided with a spring joint 90 which coperates with a ratchet wheel 91 keyed at one end of the aforesaid shaft 22 so as to intermittently r0- tate said shaft upon the actuation of said armature 86. To return the armature 86 to its normally raised position a coiled spring 92 is interposed between the lower side of the same and the bottom 5 of the casing. To prevent retrograde movement Of the ratchet wheel 91 and consequently the 22, said ratchet wheel is operatively engaged by a spring pressed dog 92 carried at the lower end of a bracket 93, the latter being secured as shown to the lower side of the top 4 of the casing. To operate the spools 15 and 21 independently of the above described mechanism, the shafts 13 and 22 are provided with cranks 94 and 95 respectively, the latter being secured thereto in any suitable manner.

The table 19 is provided on its upper side directly beneath the portion of the tape passing over the same with a recess 96 in which is placed an anvil 97, the latter being secured therein in any suitable manner. This anvil 97 is provided with Vundercut openings 98 and 99 arranged directly be neath the punches 71 and 7 3 respectively, while arranged directly beneath the punch 72 and conforming in configuration to the shape of the same is an undercut channel 100.y As shown by Fig. 8 of the drawings, the table 19 is provided with an opening 101 and an opening 102 through which the paper cut from the strip 18 may drop upon the floor of the casing.

In operation, the strip 18 being carried from the feed roll under the rollers 19 of the table 19 is wound upon the spool 21, and is perforated in dots and dashes as the dot and dash keys or tapping members 41 and 58 respectively are pressed upon when sending the desired message through the line circuit. Between each actuation of the dot and dash keys, the spacing key 39 is actuated, thereby .moving the movable contacts .into engagement with the stationary contacts and closing the circuit through the magnets T9. This energizes the magnets and draws the armature 86 downwardly,

vthereby rotating the ratchet wheel 91 so as to cause the tape 18 to move a short distance longitudinally, The tapping members will, be returned to their normal position under the tension oi their respective springs.

After the message has been transmitted, the message separating tapping member or key 40 is operated, thereby perforating the tape 18 with a distinguishing mark, to separate it from the next message. If it is desired to space the messages on the tape 18 more than they would be spaced apart by the actuation of the message separating key 40, the tapping member or keyV 39 is operated as many times as desired. This, as will be readily understood, merely operates the ratchet wheel 91 so as to cause the tape 18 to be moved longitudinally.

From the foregoing, it may be seen that the objects of the invention have been eii'ectively carried out, as a device has been provided which will automatically record in an etlicient manner all messages sent out by the telegraph sending station. VThe advantages of this will be appreciated when it is desired to repeat the messages in case of an error on the part of the receiving station.

It is to be understood that as numerous changes in form, proportion, and in the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of this invention, I do not wish to be limited to the construction herein shown andA described, other than that set forth in the appended claims.

I claim 1. In a device of the character described, the combination. of a telegraph sending key, a tape, a movable member, means attached to said member for actuating said key, a punch also attached to said member for perforating said tape simultaneously with the actuation of said key, and means for moving said tape longitudinally.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of a telegraph sending key, a message recording sheet, a tapping'member for actuating said key, an anvil, a punch attached to said member and coperating Withsaid anvil for perforating said sheet simultaneously with the actuation of said key, and means for moving said sheet.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of a telegraph sending key, a message recording sheet, electrically operated means for moving said sheet, a movabletapping member for actuatingsaid key, means connected with said member for per forating said sheet simultaneously with the actuation of said key, a movable contact, i,

and a stationary contact positioned Ifor engagement with said movable contact, said contacts being arranged in the circuit through the lirst named means and controlling the same. v

4t. In a device of the character described, the combination of a casing, a telegraph sending key and a message recording sheet mounted therein, normally raised independent dot and dash tapping members slidably mounted in said casing and adapted to engage said key when operated, the dot tapping member being slidable within the other member, and dot and dash punches iixed to the 'respective members for perforating said sheet simultaneously with the actuation of said key.

-5. `In a device of the character described, the combination of a casing, a telegraph sending key and a message recording sheet mounted therein, normally raised independent dot and dash tapping members slidably mounted in said casing and adapted to engage said key tvhen operated, the dot tapping member extending centrally through and slidably mounted within the othermember, an open rectangular dash punch fixed to the lower end of the dash tapping member, a circular dot punch iixed to the lower end of the dot tapping member and extending ,centrally through said dash punch, an anvil cooperating with said punches for perforating said sheet simultaneouslywith the actuation of said key, and means for moving said shee't.

6. In a device of the character described, the combination of a casing, a telegraph sending key and a tape mounted therein, the tape being arranged alongside of the telegraph key, a normally raised vertically disposed hollow dash tapping member slidably mounted within said casing above said tape and having a vertical slot in one side thereof, a normally raised vertically disposed dot tapping member slidably mounted within said dash tapping member, horizontal arms attached to said tapping members, the arm carried by said dot tapping member extending through the slot in the dash tapping member to the exterior of the same, bars. extending from the free ends of said arms and having their free ends disposed in vertical alinement with said key whereby to actuate the same when said tapping members are pressed, dash and dot iis punches xed to the respective tapping members for perforating said tape simultaneously With the actuation of said key, and means for moving` said tape longitudinally.

7. In a device of the character described, the combination of a casing, a telegraph sending key and a message recording sheet mounted therein, a plurality of independent tapping members mounted in said casing, means for moying said sheet, punches iXed to said members for perforating said sheet, two of said punches being dot and dash punches, and means carried by the members to Which the dot and dash punches are Xed for engagement With said key simultaneously with the perforation of said sheet.

8. In a device of the character described, the combination of a casing, a telegraph sending key and a message recording sheet mounted therein, a plurality of independent tapping members mounted in said casing,

dot,dash and message separating punches fixed to separate tapping members for perforating said sheet, means carried by the members to Which the dot and dash punches are fixed to actuate said key simultaneously with the perforation of said sheet, electrically operated means for moving the latter, a stationary contact mounted Within said casing and included in the circuit of the last mentioned means, and a movable contact carried by another of said tapping members and adapted to engage the stationary contact to close the circuit to the last mentioned means.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

. LEO C. SHEARER.

WVitnesses MARTIN IWI. DEREK, SYLvns'rnR G. DELBAUM.

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